Bürgerberg Tour | SW 14

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The tour in numbers

Level of difficulty medium

Route 17,9 km

Time 2:15 h

Uphill 570 hm

Downhill 570 hm

Highest point 1408 m

Sunny loop tour from Radstadt via the Bürgerbergalm with beautiful views of the Radstädter Tauern.

This moderate MTB tour leads from Radstadt via the Bürgerbergalm towards Altenmarkt and back again. You can expect scenic sections, sunny forest roads, and a nice mix of climbs and descents.

Tip: the Bürgerbergalm with its sun terrace, playground, and homemade cheese dumplings is a great place to stop.

The tour originally comes from our colleagues in SalzburgerLand – you can find more information at the following link: Bürgerberg Loop (SW 14)

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From Salzburg: Travel by car via the A10 Tauern motorway towards Graz/Villach to the exit Altenmarkt. Then continue on the B320 towards Schladming. Take the exit at Radstadt and follow the signs to the town center.

From Graz: Travel by car via the A9 Pyhrn motorway towards Salzburg to the exit onto the B320 at Selzthal. Then continue on the Ennstal road (B320) towards Schladming. Take the exit at Radstadt and follow the signs to the town center.

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You start at the town square in Radstadt and head west out of the village. At the town pond, turn right into Loretostraße and follow it to the right turn into Bürgerbergstraße. Follow this road uphill until, after several switchbacks, you turn right onto a forest road.

Continue uphill in several, partly steeper switchbacks to the Bürgerbergalm. Shortly after the hut, keep left at the first fork, then go straight at the next fork to reach the highest point of the tour.

The descent starts here: at the next junction go straight, and at the following fork keep left. From around km 11, you reach a paved road again, which you follow downhill in several switchbacks.

At the bottom, you join the old main road. Turn left here and follow it back to Radstadt until you reach the town square again.

From Salzburg, travel by train via Bischofshofen to Radstadt. From Radstadt train station, it is only a few minutes on foot to the town center.

From Graz, travel by train directly to Radstadt. From Radstadt train station, it is only a few minutes on foot to the town center.

ÖBB timetable information

For further information:

Radstadt Tourismus
Schernbergstraße 8
5550 Radstadt